MinuteClinic news from FierceHealthcare
NewsEmory Healthcare partners with CVS's MinuteClinic in retail run
The largest hospital system in Georgia, Emory Healthcare, entered into a clinical affiliation with CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic, opening up the door to convenient care for consumers, the latter Read more...
MinuteClinic's Sussman: Despite medical home efforts, a lot of 'medical homelessness'
MinuteClinic has been growing rapidly, with 49 percent growth in 2009 and 22 percent growth in last year alone. FierceHealthcare recently checked in with Dr. Andrew Sussman (pictured), president of Read more...
MinuteClinic plans to double number of sites by 2015
MinuteClinic has its sights set on playing a bigger role in the healthcare system in the coming years. It plans to open about 100 more clinics per year over the next five years, which would allow it Read more...
Target expanding retail clinic business
Target is adding eight new Target Clinic sites in Chicago and the Palm Beach, Fla., area, bringing its nationwide total to 36, the company retail giant announced last week. In the world of retail Read more...
Surge in MinuteClinic visits could signal shift in consumer preferences
With MinuteClinic visits up 36 percent in the second quarter, according to Drugstore News, consumers seem to be shifting their demand away from expensive physician offices with limited hours to Read more...
How my search for a doctor ended with visits to nurse practitioners
Several years ago, after a close relative was diagnosed with two kinds of cancer over the course of two years, I decided it was high time to find a primary-care doctor. My odyssey might give you an Read more...
MinuteClinics form non-financial affiliations with hospitals
In anticipation of a post-reform surge in healthcare demand, Arizona's Catholic Healthcare West, a three-hospital system in Phoenix, Az., is teaming up with CVS Caremark-run MinuteClinic to enhance Read more...
Retail clinics plan for high demand following health reform
CVS Caremark Corp. plans over the next five years to double the number of MinuteClinics it operates in anticipation of high demand spurred by Baby Boomers reaching Medicare age and, of course, health Read more...
Allina, MinuteClinic partner on retail clinics
Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals has partnered with retail clinic operator MinuteClinic in a deal setting up the health system to pull patients in from the pharmacy-based clinic. The agreement is Read more...
Retail clinic growth falling short of expectations
It's beginning to look like the more ambitious projections for the growth of the retail clinics were, uh, a bit ambitious. While some pundits were expecting to see 2,500 retail clinics in operation Read more...
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